DESCRIPTION
AUDISI ONE applications rely on time. Time needs to be synchronized between the server machine and workstations and between workstations themselves. If time is out of sync, several functions can not be trusted anymore. Timers and Players will behave unexpected, e.g. commercials inside breaks can have overlap or gaps.
Tardis is a freeware software tool which acts as a time source on a server or workstation. A Tardis instance can gather NTP time from an online NTP pool or from a source like a Windows server or workstation on the internal network.
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STEPS FOR INSTALLATION
- Disable Windows time service
- Choose the 32-bit installer or the 64-bit installer (Win10: 64 bit, Win7: check Windows version)
- Install Tardis as administrator (rightclick and Run as administrator)
- Dialog Select Components: uncheck both checkboxes
- Dialog Completing install: uncheck View Tardis.txt and enable Launch Application.
- Copy Tardis.exe from the ControlPanelVersion folder to the desktop to start the GUI. (rightclick and Run as administrator)
SETTINGS
- Tardis X64 Main window
Change the order (0 on top, 2 on bottom) - Tardis X64 General tab
Check on: Automatically change servers on failure - Tardis X64 General tab
Check on: Always start at the top of the server list - Tardis X64 Setting the time window
Set the time: check (on) - Tardis X64 Setting the time window
Adjust clock frequency if below: Anything goes (full left) - Tardis X64 Setting the time window
Maximum correction allowed: Anything goes (full left) - Tardis X64 Setting the time window
How often the time is set: Every 5 minutes - Tardis X64 Setting the time window
Adjust automatically: check (on) - Tardis X64 Setting the time window
Adjust automatically: check (on) - Tardis X64 Main window
Start Service - Tardis X64 Statistics window
Statistics: wait for indication of time correction
Server machine
Tardis should use the default Time source (0.pool.ntp.org)
Make sure a (server) machine can operate as a time server
This can be configured in the Registry.
The Announce Flags parameter is a set of flags that specifies
if the host computer is a time server or a reliable time server.
In order to be classified as a reliable time server,
it also needs to be classified as a time server.
Therefore, to configure the computer as a reliable time server,
set flag bits 1 and 3 – which equates to a value of 5.
The Announce flags parameter is located in the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config\AnnounceFlags
5 = reliable time server
The ‘Enabled’ parameter allows the service to provide NTP synchronisation to other time clients over a network. If enabled (set to 1), the service can be used to synchronise other NTP clients.
The functionality can be disabled by setting this flag to 0.
The Enabled parameter is located in the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NTPServer\Enabled
0 = disabled
1 = enabled
Client machine
Tardis should use the Server machine as Time source. At the Main tab, Add a new Time source, fill in the IP address of the Server machine an give it a logical name. Put this time source on top.